Barbara earned her BSN from Indiana University School of Nursing and her MN from Emery University School of Nursing.  She was a nursing instructor at Arizona State University.

Barbara was an avid reader, loved music, gardening, genealogy, collecting clocks, and painting. She loved the southwestern United States and spent a number of years living in Arizona.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Eva and George Frisbie; and husbands, Donald Byrd and William Armstrong. She is survived by her three children: 2 sons and daughter, four granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the Lucky Puppy Rescue, Bay County, FL or the Bay County Library.